Venetian Blind Artifact Ultrasound

Ironic to its name it resembles vertical blinds rather than the classic horizontal appearance of venetian window blinds figs.

Venetian blind artifact ultrasound.

It has classically been described in uterine adenomyosis 2 3 as. The slabs typically overlap 25 40 to minimize the venetian blind artifact venetian blind artifact due to minimal saturation effects. Venetian blind shadowing is a type of posterior acoustic artifact described as bands of linear shadows along lines of sight often diverging on a convex probe 1. Venetian blind shadowing is a type of posterior acoustic artifact described as bands of linear shadows along lines of sight often diverging on a convex probe.

Motsa is an useful technique for the evaluation of vertebrobasilar ischemia and aneurysm scanning from the foramen magnum through the circle of willis. Ultrasound features of adenomyosis including asymmetrical uterine wall thickening anteriorly with focal heterogeneity and associated increased blood flow as well as the venetian blind pattern of acoustic shadowing the latter may be seen with either adenomyosis or uterine fibroids. Rain shower 2 appearance is a sonographic finding that is typically associated with adenomyosis but can also occur in uterine fibroids the venetian blind appearance associated with adenomyosis is typically thin whereas when associated with uterine fibroids there are also edge shadows or dense posterior shadowing from calcification 1.